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Mitt (2014)
Makes Campaigns and Politicians More Real
This is a fairly superficial, nicely apolitical behind the scenes look at Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 campaigns. This is a window in to a world that we don't often get, so take a look for yourself.
I felt it humanized Romney and he came across as a decent and likable person, but I was left feeling that both his campaigns were lightweight and unsure. Either many of the decision- making discussions filmed with his family were largely inconsequential banter for the cameras, or his candidacy was poorly organized and not really thought through.
The biggest takeaway from the movie for me is that our political candidates are not superheroes (or for that matter super-villains). They are very human people with just as many quirks, insecurities and limitations as me, you or the people we interact with every day.
Don't put celebrity politicians on a pedestal, to be worshiped or to be loathed. They are just people like us.